High Blood Pressure Could Actually Be A Brain Issue, Study Suggests

It might help to explain why sleep apnoea affects our heart.

Blood pressure, in theory, sounds like a simple concept: it’s down to how much blood the heart has to pump, and how easy it is for that blood to move through our arteries.

But the causes of high blood pressure (hypertension), which has been described as a “silent killer” because it often has no symptoms, are more complex than you might think.

Irregular sleep, air pollution, loneliness, and even a lack of potassium may all play a role in the common condition’s development.

And according to a Circulation Research study, there might be another factor at play – a brain area called the lateral parafacial (pFL) region.

What is the pFL region?

This region is located in the brainstem,........

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